This lot comprises a collection of vintage hardcovers, modern literature, and regional interest media. The local interest section includes a set of three VHS tapes titled Old Plymouth Today, Plymouth The War Years, and Plymouth Before the War, from the Video-Ex Production series, presented by historian Chris Robinson. The cover of Plymouth Before the War bears a handwritten inscription in black ink: For Simon / With best wishes / Chris Robinson.
The vintage children’s section contains several hardcovers from the Regent Classics series, published by the Thames Publishing Co., London, including Little Women and Good Wives by Louisa M. Alcott, The Children of the New Forest by Captain Marryat, and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. Other vintage titles include Jo’s Boys by Louisa M. Alcott, A Late Lark Singing by Naomi Jacob, and Laverock Lilting.
Modern fiction and humour titles include a hardcover edition of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 by Sue Townsend published by Methuen, and a paperback of The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 3/4 from Fount. The lot also includes The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter published by Leopard, Francis Frith’s Travels published by Dent, and Beningfield: Green and Pleasant Land by Gordon Beningfield. A group of J.R.R. Tolkien paperbacks published by Collins, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, remains in original shrinkwrap.
Condition report:
The vintage books are in poor to fair condition, exhibiting significant shelf wear, including frayed and torn cloth on the spines, bumping to the corners, surface losses to the paper-covered boards, and general soiling. The modern books are in good used condition with some wear to dust jackets and page edges. The Tolkien set remains in original plastic wrap. The VHS tapes are housed in original plastic cases with light exterior wear; playback quality is untested.
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